It feels somehow beholden of me to open with a positive sentiment toward 2021, and the opportunities ahead!
As we closed 2020 on a European level, Novelis was pleased to celebrate the continuing upward trend on aluminium beverage can recycling, attaining 76.1% for the year 2018.
This is my first Chair’s piece of 2021, and I’m not sure if saying “Happy New Year” this late on in January is allowed, but I would like to wish everyone the best for 2021. Let’s hope it is better than 2020 regarding Covid-19, although when normality (or something like it) will ever resume is anyone’s guess. With the vaccination programme underway, it feels strange to think that a jab in the arm is one of the most exciting things we have to look forward to in 2021!
Christmas already seems a distant memory and February is fast approaching. I had almost convinced myself that Spring would not be far off, yet, we face fresh challenges this week following the heavy snowfall over the weekend for much of the UK. A hazardous environment for our workforce but a welcome change of scenery for many.
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More Flexible Stronger Using fewer resources Increasing value for moneyAround a third of the food we produce worldwide is lost or wasted and it’s having a significant impact on climate change, by contributing between 8–10% of the total man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.